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(B.  A.  I.  Order  152.) 


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RILE  2,  REVISION  2. -TO  PREVENT  THE  SPREAD  OF  SCABIES  IN 

CATTLE. 

Effective  on  and  after  October  1,  1908. 


I'nited  States  Department  of  Agriculture, 

Office  of  the  Secretary. 

The  fact  has  been  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  and 
notice  is  hereby  given, 'that  a  contagious,  communicable  disease  known 
as  scabies  exists  among  cattle  in  the  following-named  States  and  Ter- 
ritory, to  wit : 

Montana,  North  Dakota,  South  Dakota,  Nebraska,  Kansas, 
Wyoming,  Colorado,  Oklahoma,  Texas,  and  New  Mexico. 

Now,  therefore,  I,  James  Wilson,  Secretary  of  Agriculture, 
under  authority  conferred  by  section  1  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
March  3,  1905  (33  Stat.,  864),  do  hereby  quarantine  the  following  ter- 
ritory, to  wit : 

The  counties  of  Teton,  Chouteau,  Valley,  and  Dawson,  in  the  State 
of  Montana;  that  part  of  the  State  of  North  Dakota  lying  south  and 
west  of  the  Missouri  River;  that  part  of  the  citate  of  South  Dakota 
lying  west  of  the  Missouri  River;  the  counties  of  Sioux,  Scotts  Bluff, 
Banner,  Kimball,  Cheyenne,  Boxbutte,  Dawes,  Sheridan,  Deuel,  Dundy, 
Chase,  Perkins,  Keith,  McPherson,  Grant,  Cherry,  Hooker,  Thomas, 
Logan,  Lincoln,  Hayes,  Hitchcock,  Dawson,  Custer,  Blaine,  Brown, 
Keyapaha,  Rock,  Loup,  Garfield,  Wheeler,  Holt,  and  Boyd,  in  the 
State  of  Nebraska;  the  counties  of  Cheyenne,  Sherman,  Wallace, 
Greeley,  Hamilton,  Stanton,  Morton,  Stevens,  Grant,  Kearny,  Wichita, 
Logan,  Thomas,  Rawling,  Decatur,  Sheridan,  Gove,  Scott,  Lane, 
Fenney,  Gray,  Haskell,  Seward,  Meade,  Clark,  Ford,  Hodgeman,  Ness, 
Trego,  Ellis,  Rush,  Pawnee,  Edwards,  Kiowa,  and  Comanche,  in  the 
State  of  Kansas;  the  counties  of  Natrona,  Converse,  Carbon,  Albany, 
and  Laramie,  in  the  State  of  Wyoming;  the  counties  of  Weld,  Logan, 
Sedgwick,  Phillips,  Yuma,  Washington,  Morgan,  Adams,  Elbert,  Lin- 
coln, Kit  Carson,  Cheyenne,  Kiowa,  Prowers,  Baca,  Bent,  Otero,  that 
part  of  the  counties  of  El  Paso,  Pueblo,  Huerfano,  and  Las  Animas 
lying  east  of  the  Eighth  Guide  Meridian  West,  and  that  part  of  Arapahoe 
County  lying  east  of  a  line  extending  from  the  southeastern  corner  of 
Denver  County  due  south  to  the  northern  boundary  of  Douglas  County, 
in  the  State  of  Colorado;  the  counties  of  Cimarron,  Texas,  Beaver, 
and  Harper,  in  the  State  of  Oklahoma;  the  counties  of  Dallam,  Sher- 
man, Hansford,  Ochiltree,  Lipscomb,  Hemphill,  Roberts,  Hutchinson, 
Moore,  Hartley,  Oldham,  Potter,  Carson,  Gray,  Wheeler,  Collingsworth. 
Donley,   Armstrong,   Randell,   Deaf   Smith,   Parmer,   Castro,   Swisher, 


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Briscoe,  Hall,  Childress,  Cottle,  Motley,  Floyd,  Hale,  Lamb,  Bailey, 
Cochran,  Hockley,  Lubbock,  Crosby,  Dickens,  King,  Stonewall,  Kent, 
Garza,  Lynn,  Teny,  Yoakum,  Gaines,  Dawson,  Borden,  Scurry,  Fisher, 
Nolan,  Mitchell,  Howard,  Martin,  Andrews,  Nueces,  Cameron,  Hidalgo, 
and  that  part  of  Knox,  Haskell,  Jones,  and  Taylor  lying  west  of  the 
100th  meridian  of  longitude  west  of  Greenwich,  in  the  State  of  Texas; 
the  counties  of  Colfax,  Mora,  San  Miguel,  Union,  Guadalupe,  Quay, 
Roosevelt,  Chaves,  Eddy;  that  portion  of  Torrance  County  lying  east 
and  south  of  the  El  Paso  and  Rock  Island  Railway;  that  portion  of 
Lincoln  County  lying  east  and  south  of  the  El  Paso  and  Northeastern 
and  the  El  Paso  and  Rock  Island  railways,  and  that  portion  of  Otero 
County  lying  east  of  the  El  Paso  and  Northeastern  Railway,  in  the 
Territory  of  New  Mexico. 

The  effect  of  this  order  i«  to  release  from  quarantine  the  counties  of 
Williams,  Ward,  McLean,  Wells,  Eddy,  Foster,  Stutsman,  Kidder, 
Burleigh,  Emmons,  Logan,  and  Mcintosh,  in  the  State  of  North  Dakota, 
a  portion  of  what  was  formerly  Woodward  County  of  the  Territory  of 
Oklahoma,  and  the  counties  of  Boulder,  Jefferson,  Denver,  Douglas, 
Teller,  Custer,  the  remainder  of  Larimer  and  Fremont  counties,  a  small 
portion  of  Arapahoe  County,  and  those  portions  of  El  Paso,  Pueblo, 
Huerfano,  and  Las  Animas  counties  lying  west  of  the  Eighth  Guide 
Meridian  West,  in  the  State  of  Colorado. 

It  is  ordered  by  this  Rule  2,  Revision  2,  under  the  authority  and  dis- 
cretion conferred  upon  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  by  section  3  of  the 
act  of  Congress  approved  March  3,  1905  (33  Stat.,  864),  that  cattle 
shall  be  moved  from  the  quarantined  area  of  any  State  or  Territory  to 
any  other  State  or  Territory  or  District  only  in  accordance  with  the 
regulations  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  designated  as  B.  A.  I.  Order 
143,  promulgated  March  22,  1907,  and  effective  April  15,  1907. 

This  Rule  2,  Revision  2,  is  subject  to  amendment  or  revision  on  statu- 
tory notice. 

Rule  2,  Revision  1,  dated  March  22,  1907,  and  effective  April  15, 
1907,  and  its  amendments  dated  February  11,  1908,  and  April  1,  1908. 
respectively,  shall  cease  to  be  effective  on  and  after  October  1,  1908,  on 
and  after  which  date  this  Rule  2,  Revision*  2,  which  for  purposes  of 
identification  is  designated  as  B.  A.  I.  Order  152,  shall  become  and  be 
effective  until  otherwise  ordered. 

Done  at  Washington  this  fifth  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1908. 

Witness  my  hand  and  the  seal  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture. 

James  Wilson, 
Secretary  of  Agriculture. 

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